The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s Boots on the Ground conservation program has teamed up with the Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO and La Crosse Parks and Recreation Department to host Take Kids Fishing Day, a free community fishing event. One of four events being held nationwide, Take Kids Fishing Day will take place on National Get Outdoors Day, which coincides with National Fishing and Boating Week this year. Registration is tomorrow morning from 8:30 – 9 a.m. and fishing runs from 9 – 11:30 a.m at the Pettibone Lagoon. It's open to the public but limited to the first 150 kids. The even is sponsored by the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO and La Crosse Parks and Recreation Department.

The last year has seen a big surge in graffiti in
La Crosse. In an apparent response to the tagging, the city council is
expected next week to pass new rules that aim to crack down on graffiti
vandals as well as defining the timelines within which property owners have to
clean up the graffiti. The proposed rule changes say that the city can do
the clean-up after 24 hours and bill the property owner. Fines also will
balloon: a thousand dollars for the first tagging. Two thousand dollars
for each subsequent violation.

Autopsy results in the Eric Koula murder case are being heard by the jury today.

Information about the deaths of Dennis and Merna Koula could suggest how the shootings took place. Forensic pathologist Lindsay Thomas took part in the autopsies of the Koulas. She believes that Dennis Koula was shot from a distance...contrary to the defense theory that the shots were from handguns at close range.

Prosecutors think Eric Koula may have used a rifle from his parents' house to commit the murders. Thomas supports the police conclusion that the shootings occurred late on the afternoon of May 21st, 2010...three days before Eric said he found the bodies.

Funding to the UW system was cut by $250 million over two years in the
2011-13 budget. And with more money having to be returned to the state, UW-La
Crosse finds themselves in an $8 million hole. Now, they can find $3 milion of
that.......the rest? A tuition increase that La Crosse Regent, Brent Smith, will
vote on today.

Under the tuition increase proposed for in state students at the 13 four year
campuses and two year campuses in the UW system, increases would range between
$247 at the two year colleges to $681 at UW-Madison. $300 at La
Crosse.

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